What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant position at Bryn Mawr Medical Specialists Association?
Medical Assistant
Multiple departments at Bryn Mawr Medical Specialists Association are searching for full-time Medical Assistants to join their growing team. The Medical Assistant plays a vital role in providing excellent patient care and ensures smooth clinical operations. This role works along-side physicians, physician assistants, and nurses.
Responsibilities:
- Records patient medical history, vital statistics, and information such as test results in medical records
- Prepares treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean
- Interviews patients to obtain medical information and measures their vital signs, weight, and height
- Shows patients to examination rooms and prepares them for the physician
- Prepares and administers medications as directed by a physician
- Assists in exam rooms by interviewing patients, measuring vital signs, and recording weight, blood pressure, and temperature.
- Documents patient information, and ensures it is complete prior to exam.
- Ensures exam rooms are clean and well stocked.
- Sterilizes, cleans, and performs checks on medical equipment.
- Performs office duties and administrative tasks as assigned.
- May assist with administrative duties including scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding for insurance purposes.
- Shows patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
Experience, Qualifications, and Education:
- Must perform work under direct supervision
- Possesses beginning to working knowledge of subject matter
- Typically requires a degree from a technical school or an applicable skilled trades program and 0 to 2 years of experience.
- Some incumbents may possess CMA certification through an accredited certified medical assistant program, but certification is not required.
- Oral and written communication skills.
- Interpersonal skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Clerical skills.
